Contribution to the knowledge of Moroccan and Maghrebin stoneflies (Plecoptera) Author Errochdi, Sanae Author Alami, Majida El Author Vinçon, Gilles Author Abdaoui, Abdelali Author Ghamizi, Mohamed text Zootaxa 2014 3838 1 journal volume 45189 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.1.2 2dd765ad-dde0-4edb-a1ae-ccbfeaf6f1c7 1175-5326 228487 B612F673-8312-4CF7-8822-D34373A08DB2 Amphinemura chiffensis Aubert, 1956 Distribution ( Fig. 6 ). A High Atlas micro-endemic species. The records from Tunisia ( Béjaoui et al. 2003 , Béjaoui & Boumaïza 2004 ) and Algeria ( Aubert 1956 , Lounaci & Vinçon 2005 ) belong to A. berthelemyi Vinçon, Yasri & Lounaci, 2013 ( Yasri et al. 2013 ) , and those from the Moroccan Rif are A. yasriarum Vinçon, 2014 (Errochdi et al . 2014) . Ecology. Larvae are strongly crenophilic and orophilic primarily occurring in springs, brooks and small rivers, between 2500 and 2800 m ( Aubert 1956 , 1961 , Miron 1972, Pihan & Mohati 1983 , Bouzidi 1989 ), and sometimes occurring in lower reaches (Tichka, 1350 m , Sánchez-Ortega coll.). Larvae are detritivores. The flight period is in spring (III–VI).